second lighthouse; VIDEO

[isochrone]

I've been thinking and writing some things down, and something I've wanted to ask...

What would you consider very... mm, 'defining' I suppose is the word I'm looking for? Something that you feel your reality wouldn't be the same without. Don't worry, I'll go first.

[ She flashes a knowing smile at that. ]

Certainly, there are certainly many historical events that shaped the world, but if I had to pick one that's affective to Columbia in my era would be the discovery a few decades ago of the Lutece Particle, which in turn is used to make a Lutuce Field. Another term for it is called 'quantum levitation', and it suspends atoms in mid-air by a controllable field, allowing things to be manipulated within the sphere of gravity, and to impart those effects onto other objects.

[ Someone's read The Principles of Quantum Mechanics a few too many times... ]

And that's how Columbia is an airborne city. So, I think things in my reality would be very different if that hadn't been discovered!

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[no_light]

Interesting. Some planets in my reality have floating cities, but that is completely technological.

If there's one thing to distinguish my universe, it is the presence of the Force and know how to use it. To the people here it would be best described as a kind of magic, though it is not... Come to think of it, maybe not so much the existence of the Force, as that we know of it and can use it. I've met Force sensitives from other realities here, so it stands to reason their worlds have it, they just don't know it.

[isochrone]

Yes, it sounds like the same... Mme. Rosalind Lutece is a quantum physicist, I have both of her books. It's a shame actually, that I didn't have them on me when I arrived, I would have liked to share them and see how similar or dissimilar they are to what other people are familiar with!

Is the Force... a type of energy? Can it be measured? Many of the books I've read on magic -- fictional books, of course, although now I wonder how many of them were rooted in fact! -- seem to have a system of natural law that governs it.

[no_light]

These are good questions, but I'm not the person best equipped to answering them. I'm sure the Force was studied scientifically in the old days of the Republic, when there were more of us Force users, but my expertise is more... spiritual. If you want to speak of instruments and other machines, you might have more luck with Rey.

[ He takes a moment to think, picturing the Force being measured and studied like that. It doesn't exactly sit well with him, really. ] I know you can measure the extent of a person's Force sensitivity.

[isochrone]

Spiritual in what way, if I may ask?

[ Her mind is automatically going to the Fraternal Order of the Raven and their abilities, in the way they worshipped the deceased Lady Comstock. ]

I don't know anyone named Rey yet, but I will keep my eye out for them. I'm sorry for all my questions, but this is truly fascinating. Are you... is this Force something you can demonstrate?

[no_light]

Her. She is a woman, one of the other Force users in town. I don't mind answering your questions, if I can. [ And as long as it's not something he'd rather keep to himself, that is. ]

Most powers aren't well-suited to demonstration, they are mental or enhance other senses and traits. The one thing we are best known for is actually the use of lightsabers, a plasma weapon, but you don't exactly require the Force to use it.

[ He pauses for a moment. Telekinesis used to be something he wanted to keep up his sleeve, but with Jackie practicing in public, and Kylo now using it in the temple's construction... ] Are you familiar with telekinesis?

[isochrone]

I am, yes. I mean... there's a Vigor that capable of levitating targets, that's sort of the same.